7 Unconventional HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Adaptations
Originally published in serial form from 1901 to 1902, The Hound of the Baskervilles came at an odd period in the history of Sherlock Holmes. The...
Why The Medieval Girl in the Tower Trope Still Exists in YA Lit
The girl in the tower trope; Young Adult books love it but the Breton lay (Medieval French poem) began the whole affair. That is, women escaping...
5 Quirky Ways to Turn Your Partner Into Your Reading Buddy
Would you consider yourself an avid reader? A book pundit? A literature aficionado? And would you say the same is true of your partner? If you’ve...
9 Gothic Books to Read this Autumn
I’m not that into horror films or scary stories around Halloween. Not because I don’t enjoy them, from their smart twists to their artful suspense, but...
8 Books about Race and Policing in America
From award-winning journalist Jamie Thompson, Standoff offers a nuanced look at race and policing in America. On the evening of July 7, 2016, protesters gathered across...
4 More YA Books About Aliens and the Unknown
With distance learning, teens are having to manage their time and attention now more than ever. Procrastination is especially tough for young adults. We are all...
Boyhood In the Plague
“Pestilence” by Jonathan Escoffery That first and only plot of American soil my parents purchased together was plagued, as was the house they built atop it....
Must-Read Poetry: October 2020
Here are six notable books of poetry publishing this month. The Historians by Eavan Boland Poetry “doesn’t make things happen. What poetry does, if anything, is...
Women in Tech: “Celebrate your wins, big and little”
A research study by The National Center for Women & Information Technology showed that “gender diversity has specific benefits in technology settings,” which could explain why tech companies...
Yuri Dmitriev: Historian of Stalin’s Gulag, Victim of Putin’s Repression
Historical revisionism, under Putin, knows no bounds. Yuri Dmitriev, a tenacious researcher and activist who campaigned to create a memorial to the victims of Stalinist terror...
